The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

Bhs Was still afoat ] determined to-
save her if possible TO do it, and the
great question was 10 determine what
course to steer TO find her. l reasoned
that Captain Hitchcock would try to get
out of the Gulf Stream as soon as he
could, in order to find smoother water,
and after carefully studying the situation
/ changed my course in accordance with
this theory. Isent men aloft to keep
sharp lookout. and report the lea-t sign
af d DoaL, and 10 wat5i. lOI anything
that would indicate she had gone down
and was past all help.
''Noon came, and then one o'clock,
and then two, and no signs OF the boat.
went to the cabin with my first officer
and the officer of the Alabamian. and we
held council. One of them thought I
ought to run on another course, and he
gave his reasons for it. and then the
other, who had been wavering on the
subject Joined him. ! persisted in my
belief, and stood alone in il. Somehow
could not see their reasons as they did.
and / had firm conviction that was
right, and if the captain of the Alaba-
milan had done what l should do under
similar Circumstances, he would be ex-
actly in the track was running.
1.-THE afternoon went on, and about an
hour before sunset | went into the cross
trees to have look on my own account.
! swept the horison with my glass over
and over again, but saw nothing, and felt
what terrible responsibility rested on
me. and what would be said of me for
h1iTf,sr NV ro,,rs.. o.ras.s . :. ~
the Others, if should not find the boat.
''Just as the sun was within hand
spikes length of the horizon l saw a
speck on the crest of wave. 1t went
down as the wave fell, and believe my
heart stopped beating till the speck came
up again and showed itself. There it
was and no mistake, and it was e'actly
dead ahead as near as you could draw a
line.
81 hailed the deck, and sent the first
officer to take the wheel. told him not
to vary the breadth of q hair from the
course We were running Then l came
down, and sent a man up to take my
place.
"tHave you seen anythingf every
body asked as reached the deck
'''Nothing I'm certain of, answered (;
but we NAV have developments pres
emily. don't know if my heart was
beating then, but presume it was.
.'In little while--it may have been a
quarter OF an hour, and Just as the sun
was dipping into the horizon-the man
in the rigging called out: Sail hor
".wheTe awayl / asked.
Dead ahead, sir | think it's the
boat
my heart went up in my mouth, but
l tried to appear as cool as an iceberg.
OF course everybody else was all excite
ment, and that was more reason why
should not be Besides, was Captain,
and nobody else was, as I had shown
them by sticking to my course.
tsThe night came on clear and beauti-
full, and we kept straight on. We lost
sight OF the boat as the daylight faded,
but In half an hour or so we saw hei
again, and we still had her right in line
As we neAred her l kept the ship up 4
little so as to bring the boat under oul
lee, and put men in the fore-chains and
along the sides with plenty OF lines, and
made all possible preparations TO make
fast. KNEW the men in the boat would
be SO chilled with the cold that they
would be nearly helpless, and whAtevei
was 10 be done would have to be done by
ourselves.
I'VE got them out all right, and Il
z<-,ss / had surmised: they were mos
en- too much benumbed TO climb NJ
YES, and had to be helped. WheI